Hmmm... That's worrying. Surely the sensible thing for Warners to do is issue identical editions on both formats. Does this mean they lean more towards HD-DVD than BD? (I ask that as a genuine question, as I really am not up on who supports what, other than that Warners seem to be one of the companies issuing on both formats.)

Hmmm... That's worrying. Surely the sensible thing for Warners to do is issue identical editions on both formats. Does this mean they lean more towards HD-DVD than BD? (I ask that as a genuine question, as I really am not up on who supports what, other than that Warners seem to be one of the companies issuing on both formats.)

Warner is most obiously favouring HD-DVD. The only real treat they gave us is The Departded. On most (if not all, I'm not quite sure) they ported the same VC1 encode from HD-DVD to BD yet, despite the fact that there is more storage, didn't include a lossless audio stream, Happy Feet being the latest example. So let's hope with the anouncment of a lossless track for 'Letters' this will change for good. I couldn't care less for IME and online functions, just give me the movie with the best PQ and AQ possible.

Many BD owners (tho not all) have stated they don't care that much about the IME, and that all they want is to watch THE NOVIE in high quality. I guess, there's 2 different demographics between BD fansand HD DVD fans

Many BD owners (tho not all) have stated they don't care that much about the IME, and that all they want is to watch THE NOVIE in high quality. I guess, there's 2 different demographics between BD fansand HD DVD fans

I agree, all the polls were overwhelmingly "give us movies not, screw IME"! I am happy that Warner decided to release it now in stead of in November (or whenever BD's IME is ready). Just give us PCM or TrueHD and everything is perfectly fine, cause I really don't care if one version has a little more extras as the other (as long as they have them)!

Many BD owners (tho not all) have stated they don't care that much about the IME, and that all they want is to watch THE NOVIE in high quality. I guess, there's 2 different demographics between BD fansand HD DVD fans

Well, for me image and sound quality are paramount. The interactive features are nice to have, though when these kind of features were included on DVDs, I never actually used them... These releases should however, be like for like on BD and HD-DVD, and it certainly does point to Warners favouring the latter, particularly considering that BD is the format with the larger data capacity...

, though when these kind of features were included on DVDs, I never actually used them...

Exactly! Who cares if the HDDVD version lets you vote in polls online? I (at one point before selling manyh of them) had over 500 DVDs and almost never watched the "extras". To me, and it seems many others, picture and audio quality are the most important.

Seriously I would much rather have V for Vendetta, Matrix, and Batman Begins now, than wait for November for a few minor features I'll never use.

All Sony needs to do is get there act together and fix there bd-java so Warner will release them all.Dont blame Warner.Get your emails out to Sony.Its about time these things are no longer an issue.Your trying to sell a new format and your sleeping on the technology.I have my Sony player and paid good money for it and I have to wait untill they get there act together.I love Blu-ray and have over 60 or so titles I felt are worth having in High Def.But dont make me wait to long for my titles cause Ill find them somewhere else.Matrix on high def makes me want to pick up a hd-dvd player and go dual.Especially as cheap as the players are now.They need to get agressive and NOW!!!before people jump ship.Thats just my opinion.I will allways buy Blu Ray first but dont test my patience.Lifes to short.movieeddie